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RICHARD LAWSON HIX
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1947 – June 18, 1967
Service recordRichard Lawson Hix, of Batesville, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 8
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Batesville, Arkansas (Independence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 8
- ROBERT KENNETH MCCORVEYLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD MCKITTRICKMajor · June 18, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID PINKERTONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1967
- PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMPSergeant · June 18, 1967
From Batesville
- HENRY WILSON RUST JRLieutenant Colonel · November 27, 1966
- EDWARD DEAN GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- GERALD WYATTE FARRIERChief Petty Officer · July 29, 1967
- GREGORY VAUGHAN GRAYSergeant · January 31, 1968
- HAROLD BRUCE KIMBROUGHFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- STEPHEN WILLIAM LYNCHCaptain · June 10, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.